Operation Sea Lion in fiction

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There is a large body of fiction set in an alternate history or a secret history, where the Operation Sea Lion, a German plan of invasion of Britain during World War II, is attempted or successfully carried out.

Literature

Film

Television

  • An Englishman's Castle (1978) is a British series set in an alternate history 1970s, in which Nazi Germany won World War II and occupies England. The protagonist Peter Ingram is a writer for a soap opera (also called An Englishman's Castle), which is set in London during The Blitz and subsequent Nazi occupation.[1]
  • In a 2011 episode of Misfits, one of the many bizarre and supernatural events which "the gang" (as protagonists call themselves) is spending a time in Britain under the rule of a Nazi occupation force in an alternate reality where Germany won World War II.

Board games

  • Blitzkrieg (2012): part of the TSWW game system includes Sea Lion scenarios.
  • Britain Stands Alone: Operation Sealion, 1940 (1994)
  • Seelöwe (1974): featuring July/September scenarios (army and navy plans).
  • Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain and Operation Sea Lion (1982): part of GDW's Europa system.
  • Codeword Cromwell: The German Invasion of England, 8th June 1940 (2014): 5th Column Games

Video games

  • Axis & Allies (2004): while playing as the Axis powers in campaign mode (which has the Axis powers winning the war), Operation Sea Lion is the mission following the failed invasion of Normandy.
  • Battle Academy (2012) has an optional set of Sea Lion scenarios.
  • Britain Invaded!, aka Operation Sealion (1985)[2]
  • Empire Earth (2001): the last mission of the German campaign is to carry out Operation Sea Lion.
  • Panzer General (1994): Sea Lion '40 and Sea Lion Plus (the latter with prestige points used to take over Gibraltar allowing Italian naval assistance) scenarios are available given major victories in early operations, or the Sea Lion '43 after initial delays and later major victories in North Africa or Russia.
  • Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (2008), a first-person shooter.
  • War Front: Turning Point (2007), a real-time strategy game.
  • Panzer Campaigns Sealion '40 (2010), operational wargame.

See also

References

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  2. Britain Invaded! at World of Spectrum